Guilford Correctional Center News

A list of the 20 inmates scheduled to be released this month is now available from the North Carolina Department of Corrections.

A state Supreme Court decision on the length of a "life" sentence may force the state to release 20 violent offenders this month.

A cadre of murderers and rapists, several of whom victimized young girls, will be set free from North Carolina prisons this month after state courts agreed that a decades-old law defined life sentences as only 80 years long.

Inmates at Nash Correctional Institute say they are concerned about overcrowding as a result of state budget cuts.

The state Correction Department is moving about 950 prisoners as North Carolina's budget problems force it to close seven minimum-security prisons.

State personnel workers were at Guilford Correctional Center Thursday to discuss what will happen when the facility closes Oct.

The Guilford Correctional Center near McLeansville will close Nov. 1, a state Department of Correction official confirmed Tuesday.

The state plans to close seven North Carolina prisons over the next year in an effort to help bridge the government's budget gap.